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Official: Pakistan quake death toll rises to 215 (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:42 AM CDT AP - The death toll from an earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in southwestern Pakistan rose to 215 on Thursday, a provincial official said, as authorities scrambled to help survivors sleeping in the frigid mountains.

UN: 9 dead in Congo violence, soldiers loot homes (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:45 AM CDT AP - Congolese soldiers pillaged, raped and also killed at least nine people in overnight violence that terrorized residents of this eastern provincial capital besieged by rebels, according to U.N. radio.

Suicide blast inside Afghan government building (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture on Thursday, killing at least three people, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

At least 30 killed in blasts in northeast India (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:21 AM CDT AP - At least 13 blasts ripped through cities across India's northeastern state of Assam on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more, police and witnesses said.

Syrian riot police form ring around US Embassy (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:48 AM CDT AP - Hundreds of Syrian riot police have ringed the closed U.S. Embassy in Damascus ahead of a demonstration to protest a deadly U.S. raid near the Iraqi border.

Hover chair hopes to rise above woes (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:34 AM CDT Reuters - A "Star Wars" inspired hover chair, a 125 mph electric motorbike and hi-fi speakers that cost as much as a small house are among the attractions at Britain's biggest gadget show in London this weekend.

Auditors: Private security in Iraq costs over $6B (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT AP - No one knows for sure, but auditors think the U.S. has paid well over $6 billion to private security companies who've been guarding diplomats, troops, Iraqi officials and reconstruction workers in Iraq.

Cuba expects new US president to lift embargo (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:16 AM CDT AP - Cuba's foreign minister says his government expects the next U.S. president to respond to overwhelming international demand and lift the 47-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.

Zambians vote in hotly contested presidential poll (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:46 AM CDT Reuters - Zambians began voting for a successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa on Thursday in what was expected to be a hotly contested election in the stable and increasingly prosperous southern African nation.

Bombs kill at least 25 in India's Assam state (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:40 AM CDT Reuters - Eighteen bomb blasts in quick succession shook the main city of India's troubled northeastern Assam state and three other towns on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, police said.

Australians charged over attack on 75-year-old blind flamingo (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT AFP - Four Australian teenagers were charged Thursday with attacking an almost blind greater flamingo that is believed to be the oldest bird of its kind in the world, police and zoo officials said.

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